Urban

Summarizes content of Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada Based on 2006 Census Data.

Guests discuss challenges of educating Aboriginal children. Duration: 27.56.

Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 9, 1980 regarding a report by the Community Liaison Committee (Report No. 3-1980) including items on Aboriginal Employment (Item # 1316), Housing (Item # 1317), Education and Native People and the Law (Item # 1318), as well as a list of Committee members.

Comments on the fast growth of Aboriginal business owners.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Discusses culturally appropriate objectives for literacy projects aimed to address the gap in programs and resources.

Looks at twelve concepts that emerged from a study of staff working with Aboriginal organizations in poverty stricken neighborhoods, as well as the need for support from funders and administrators.

Barriers included lack of access to legitimate, affordable financial services and capital, absence of employment and benefits systems, increased consequences of poor decisions, lack of trust in financial institutions, and structural problems created by relationship with the government. Recommends efforts focus on educating individuals through culturally appropriate training, and building capacity of Aboriginal governments and institutions.

Summarizes conference proceedings from November, 1998 and presents the resulting action plan.

Goal of study was to gather information on extent of culturally appropriate health supports and to make recommendations that would increase integration of traditional, spiritual and cultural practices into existing services and programming.

Comments on initiatives to increase the number of Aboriginal health-care workers, to improve retention of health-care workers and to adapt the health profession curricula to reflect Aboriginal cultural and traditional needs and knowledge.

Leadership Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010.

Scholarly literature published between 1988 and 2012.

Study interviewed 32 homeless people to gain an understanding of their situation and social service agencies to gauge their familiarity with homeless population, services they provided, and changes in the previous five years. Makes eight recommendations for policy responses.

Statistical table broken down into on-reserve and in Census Metropolitan Areas, and by owners, renters, band housing for Canada as a whole and provinces/territories. Each Census year on separate tab. Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).

Researcher examined data on file with the agency and conducted interviews in order to produce a profile those who use the program. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Looks at identity theory in regards to self identification and discursive identification.

Statistical table.

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Statistical table.

Statistical table.

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Statistical table.

Excerpts from interviews conducted as part of the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Survey (UAPS) 2010. Duration: 22:32.

Statistical table.

Looks at background work, framework for action, and important characteristics using a holistic perspective. Concludes with recommendations.

Argues that the growth of youth population concentrated in urban cores and off reserve increases risk for incarceration.

Interviews with 24 residents indicates they feel disconnected from their neighborhood; authors' recommendations include founding of an Aboriginal Association with a loose affiliation with the mainstream Association.

Examines Aboriginal people's labour market experiences and the challenges and opportunities for their future employment growth.

Comments on the results of an analysis which looks at the presence and diversity of Aboriginal languages in twenty cities across Canada. Part I found in volume 1 issue 2.

Presents data and factors related to the endangerment of Aboriginal languages and the challenges and strategies for language revitalization.

Focuses on language learning, maintenance, and revitalization in 304 communities across the country. Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.

Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Catchment-level analysis of associations between mobility and community well-being, as well as individual components of labour force, income, and housing. Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.

Examines the educational performance of students in individual off-reserve British Columbia schools with recommended strategies.

Discusses community-based organizations, many initiated by women, that seek to address the social problems facing urban Aboriginals.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2013.

Explores and describes the perceptions of Habitat for Humanity by Aboriginal families living in Saskatoon. Report forms part of The Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

No statistics for on-reserve population. Estimates for territories are not included.

Explores, through surveys and interviews, the reasons for high rates of relocation from Reserves to the city, the impact on urban housing markets, and the possibility of discrimination.

Canada's Labour Force Survey in 2005 separated off-reserve data into "Indian," Metis and Inuit, analyses of these data indicated 2.5 times higher rates of employment of non-Aboriginal than of Aboriginal peoples.

Presents the results of a two-year study which examined issues faced by urban individuals with disabilities.

Findings based on literature review, survey (250 respondents), and three case studies. Produced as part of the National Reading Campaign's Aboriginal Policy Initiative.